High atop a hill of granite, surrounded by the gorge and river Tagus sits the ancient and formidable gothic Cathedral and Moorish palace, Alcazar, of Toledo, Spain. Toledo's skyline has changed little since El Greco immortalized Spain's religious centre in 1597-9(Cardillac 28). El Greco's natural talents, his "schooling," and the flare of his adopted Spain, combined to produce an artistic genius. El Greco's ability to convey manneristic images that were so original in conception and …showed first 75 words of 1054 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1054 total…y extensions of God's will. A theme which dominates throughout El Greco's catalogue of The remarkably intimate mood of El Greco's genre is the essential reason "for the inability of others to follow him" (Wethey 49). Moreover, his art embodies the end of an age at the time when a new era was emerging: Galileo studied the heavens with his telescope, Jean Beguin became the first published Chemist, the Globe Theater preformed A Winter's Tale(MediaHistory).